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'''Karen Kwiatkowski''' is a retired [[Lieutenant Colonel]], [[U.S. Air Force]], who writes on defense policy from a [[libertarianism|libertarian]] standpoint. | '''Karen Kwiatkowski''' is a retired [[Lieutenant Colonel]], [[U.S. Air Force]], who writes on defense policy from a [[libertarianism|libertarian]] standpoint. | ||
Before the [[Iraq War]], she worked in Near East South Asia directorate at the Department of Defense and who , of whom she is critical. "observed firsthand the formation of the Pentagon's [[Office of Special Plans]]," wrote that she "had a clear sense that [[Abram Shulsky] ranked high in the organization, although ostensibly he was under [[William Luti]]. ... Shulsky's real boss was somebody like [[Douglas Feith]] or higher" <ref name=Kwiatowski>{{citation | Before the [[Iraq War]], she worked in Near East South Asia directorate at the Department of Defense and who , of whom she is critical. "observed firsthand the formation of the Pentagon's [[Office of Special Plans]]," wrote that she "had a clear sense that [[Abram Shulsky]] ranked high in the organization, although ostensibly he was under [[William Luti]]. ... Shulsky's real boss was somebody like [[Douglas Feith]] or higher" <ref name=Kwiatowski>{{citation | ||
| author = Karen Kwiatkowski | | author = Karen Kwiatkowski | ||
| title = The New Pentagon Papers | | title = The New Pentagon Papers | ||
| journal = Salon.com | date = March 10, 2004 | url = http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/10/osp_moveon/print.html}}</ref> | | journal = Salon.com | date = March 10, 2004 | url = http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/10/osp_moveon/print.html}}</ref> | ||
[[Frontpage Magazine]], affiliated with [[David Horowitz]] and [[neoconservatism]], calls her a "[[Lyndon LaRouche|LaRouche]] asset." The article lumped together, as opposing the [[Iraq War]], groups including [[paleoconservatism|paleoconservatives]], the New Left, [[Michael Moore]], the "Euro-Left", and [[ANSWER]].<ref>{{citation | |||
| title = The Old Right/Hate America Left Connection | author = [[Anthony Gancarski]] | |||
| journal = [[Frontpage Magazine]] | date = 6 August 2004 | |||
| url = http://97.74.65.51/readArticle.aspx?ARTID=11903 | |||
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In 2006, she described the [[State of Israel]]'s operations in [[Gaza]] as carrying out the "Clean Break" strategy proposed by [[David Wurmser]] and others. <ref>{{citation | In 2006, she described the [[State of Israel]]'s operations in [[Gaza]] as carrying out the "Clean Break" strategy proposed by [[David Wurmser]] and others. <ref>{{citation | ||
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Karen Kwiatkowski is a retired Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Air Force, who writes on defense policy from a libertarian standpoint.
Before the Iraq War, she worked in Near East South Asia directorate at the Department of Defense and who , of whom she is critical. "observed firsthand the formation of the Pentagon's Office of Special Plans," wrote that she "had a clear sense that Abram Shulsky ranked high in the organization, although ostensibly he was under William Luti. ... Shulsky's real boss was somebody like Douglas Feith or higher" [1]
Frontpage Magazine, affiliated with David Horowitz and neoconservatism, calls her a "LaRouche asset." The article lumped together, as opposing the Iraq War, groups including paleoconservatives, the New Left, Michael Moore, the "Euro-Left", and ANSWER.[2]
In 2006, she described the State of Israel's operations in Gaza as carrying out the "Clean Break" strategy proposed by David Wurmser and others. [3]
Education
- MA in Government from Harvard.
- MS in Science Management from the University of Alaska.
- Completed both Air Command and Staff College and the Naval War College seminar programs.
- Ph.D. in World Politics from Catholic University of America.
References
- ↑ Karen Kwiatkowski (March 10, 2004), "The New Pentagon Papers", Salon.com
- ↑ Anthony Gancarski (6 August 2004), "The Old Right/Hate America Left Connection", Frontpage Magazine
- ↑ Karen Kwiatkowski (15 July 2006), "Israel Makes Its 'Clean Break'", AntiWar.com